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The Clown

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An unhappy clown (Selton Mello) dreams of leaving his father's (Paulo José) circus and creating a more stable life with a permanent home and a family.

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Yuri M O filme é uma obra prima. Dirigido por Selton Mello, o filme incomoda em diversas situações. Ao discorrer sobre a vida, gera sensações de incômodo, angustia, além de fazer referências muito pontuais a respeito da cultura brasileira. Explora diversos sentimentos do telespectador. De fato, uma das maiores obra deste grande ator e diretor. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Selton Melo is very talented, he acted and directed the film. And who would have thought that that tiny actress (Larissa Manoela) who plays Guilhermina would become a great artist? From a young age, she was always very talented. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Rafael B One of the best films from brazil I've ever seen! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Singelo, poético, melancólico de um jeito convincente! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Um palhaço esta com o saco cheio de tanta cobrança e pouco dinheiro e resolve largar o circo, porém percebe que o que ele sabe fazer da vida é os outros rirem e acaba retornando para o circo, filme fraco com uma boa mensagem. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Brazilian flick where we follow a circus ran by a father and son. The son is getting quite sick of it and feels rather depressed while his deticated father tries to keep him in this line of work. Eventually the son, Benjamin, is trying to live a different life and the story is sat. It takes a bit long for the change of story here. Only twenty minutes are left when Benjamin takes on his journey. It looks great without being super impressive and it has some very catchy, cool music that follows and goes perfectly with the awarded film. Over 40 award wins is impressive! Almost directly the film reminded me a lot of an older Brazilian favorite "O Cheiro do Ralo". It turned out that the lead in that film is the director (and the lead) of "O Palhaco". I guess it really inspired Selton Mello, even if it's not his debut film or his first film after he did "O Cheiro do Ralo". He is probably more known as an actor by the way, doing several roles and only two full lenghts. A pretty good film, but not too interesting. The ending raise the rating a fair bit and as a total this is worth a go for fans of semi feel-good. 7.5 out of 10 fans. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An unhappy clown (Selton Mello) dreams of leaving his father's (Paulo José) circus and creating a more stable life with a permanent home and a family.
Director
Selton Mello
Producer
Selton Mello
Screenwriter
Selton Mello, Marcelo Vindicato
Production Co
Globo Filmes, Bananeira Filmes
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Runtime
1h 28m